Gay Affirmative Practice: A Model for Social Work Practice with Gay,Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth

Gay affirmative practice has recently been introduced into the social work literature as a culturally sensitive model for working with gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) adults, however, this model has rarely been applied to practice with GLB youth. In this article, the authors review the literature to present the main tenets of gay affirmative practice, outline the challenges that GLB youth face, and delineate the environmental and individual strengths that can be enhanced to promote well-being. The authors then apply the gay affirmative practice model to GLB youth, offering concrete information about the specific knowledge, attitudes, and skills that social workers should acquire to better serve the unique, yet diverse, needs of GLB youth.     

异化及其扬弃——当前思想政治教育面临的困境与专业社会工作的启示

思想政治教育的异化使教育已经不是一种心力合一的过程,受教育者已经不能从中学到东西.产生这种异化的原因是:思想政治教育本质的改变,社会价值与个人价值相分离,单向强制灌输,教育内容上的滞后.要走出思想政治教育的困境,从专业社会工作的视角出发,对价值取向、育人关系、育人手段、工作者角色等几方面进行思考.     

法律案例教学与教学系统观

从教学内容、教学模式和教学方法的结合上 ,探索符合法学规律与教学规律相结合的案例教学方式 ,为提高教学质量、提高教学效率、增强学生的学习能力服务。指出系统观是法学理论教学与案例教学的基本观念 ,并针对系统观在法律案例教学的具体运用提出了可操作的方法和程序     

新形势下党风建设环境的思考

党的作风集中体现着党的形象 ,党的形象关系着党在人民群众中的威望和人心的向背 ,由此可知党的作风建设的重要性和必要性。但要搞好新形势下的党风建设 ,惟有对现阶段党风建设面临的有利和不利的环境有清醒的认识 ,才能找出党风建设的良策所在 ,使党风建设落到实处     

合作学习在大学英语教学中的应用

由美国一些教育家倡导的合作学习是以学生为中心的教学方法,适合外语学习的特点,在世界上许多国家推广.将合作学习的方法灵活地应用于大学英语教学,不仅能够提高非英语专业学生的英语听说能力,营造良好的课堂气氛,还能够培养学生的学习自主性和人际交往能力.     

Forced to work and liberated from work

The work-welfare nexus is essential in all social policy regimes. The question is in what situations individuals should be entitled to social welfare benefits and in which situations they should be obliged to work. Social welfare law and administrative practices define mechanisms that separate the deserving poor from people able to work. This article analyses the functions and character of these "separation mechanisms" in Sweden during three periods in history: a) in rural society in the late 19th century; b) in industrial society during the successful years of the Swedish model from World War II until the late 1970s; and c) the present, including the period of welfare retrenchment and reconsideration since the early 1980s. The conclusion is that Swedish social policy has always been strongly work-oriented, but the specific form and content of the work ethic has varied under the influence of different ideologies and handled in different social policy institutions. Under specific conditions the work line has been either generous or restrictive and it has been based on structural attempts to improve the opportunities to work as well as on attempts to strongly pressure the individual to work. The work line of today is seen as an interesting attempt to combine an effort to create good work through improved work conditions and an effort to reinforce elements of work enforcement in the social insurance system.     

Employment and filial relations: Is there a conflict?

Since children, particularly daughters, are among the most important sources of help and support for older Americans, it has been suggested that women's increasing employment will affect filial relations. Empirical evidence on this issue is inconsistent, in part due to the use of nonprobability samples. Few studies have measured effects for men. We attempt to broaden the scope of this question beyond help to the frail elderly by asking whether employment affects filial relations in general. We examine effects of hours employed on telephone contact, visiting, feelings of closeness, filial attitudes, and assistance to biological parents, for an area probability sample of men and women over 40. There are no effects of employment for men or women on contact, closeness, or assistance. For the vast majority of this population sample, contact and assistance involve few hours per week, and thus do not seem to conflict with employment.     

论学生社团建设与高校思想政治工作的融合

近年来,学生社团的不断壮大,为高校思想政治工作开辟了新的领域和提供了新的载体;同时,思想政治工作进学生社团,为学生社团可持续发展提供了强大的动力,二者的融合有效地推进了大学生的素质教育。     

Consortium for Atlantic Regional Assessment: Information Tools for Community Adaptation to Changes in Climate or Land Use

To inform local and regional decisions about protecting short-term and long-term quality of life, the Consortium for Atlantic Regional Assessment (CARA) provides data and tools (for the northeastern United States) that can help decision makers understand how outcomes of their decisions could be affected by potential changes in both climate and land use. On an interactive, user-friendly website, CARA has amassed data on climate (historical records and future projections for seven global climate models), land cover, and socioeconomic and environmental variables, along with tools to help decision makers tailor the data for their own decision types and locations. CARA Advisory Council stakeholders help identify what information and tools stakeholders would find most useful and how to present these; they also provide in-depth feedback for subregion case studies. General lessons include: (1) decision makers want detailed local projections for periods short enough to account for extreme events, in contrast to the broader spatial and temporal observations and projections that are available or consistent at a regional level; (2) stakeholders will not use such a website unless it is visually appealing and easy to find the information they want; (3) some stakeholders need background while others want to go immediately to data, and some want maps while others want text or tables. This article also compares what has been learned across case studies of Cape May County, New Jersey, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Hampton Roads, Virginia, relating specifically to sea-level rise. Lessons include: (1) groups can be affected differently by physical dangers compared with economic dangers; (2) decisions will differ according to decision makers' preferences about waiting and risk tolerance; (3) future scenarios and maps can help assess the impacts of dangers to emergency evacuation routes, homes, and infrastructure, and the natural environment; (4) residents' and decision makers' perceptions are affected by information about potential local impacts from global climate change.